Unfortunately we recently had to be farewell to To Be Determined's climber extraordinaire as Richard Scudney, one of the team's longest standing members, relocated to the Colorado mountains. Ahead of his departure he had the opportunity to spend a few days in his future home town and he recounted the pull he feels toward the mountains while on two wheels:
I'm always on the lookout for breathtaking and challenging climbs.
I feel an almost hypnotic pull towards them.
Possibly the obsessive challenge is to hit the top roaring in defiance, to experience the feeling of soaring over something immovable and permanent, to experience the exhilaration, that brief moment, when you become etched with the earth.
And you are beyond grateful to have been lucky enough to experience it.
Then you get to descend.
The gang goes to Vermont for a weekend of some of the East Coast’s MTBing at Kingdom Trails
Tour of the Hilltowns may be one of the better East Coast bike races you have never done
Russell recounts escaping New York City for the Mountains of Carolina
Mitchell checks in with some of his favorite riding routes in the mountains of Western North Carolina
Fresh off a week of criterium racing at Intelligentsia Cup in Chicago, Corey heads to far different terrain to pay a visit to a former TBD racer in Colorado where the air is thin and the riding is beautiful
A road trip through the Appalachian Mountains, with plenty of time on two wheels during the height of fall foliage. Featuring Paris Mountain, Mount Mitchell and Vesuvius (the one in Virginia)
To Be Determined's Erwin Kersten heads to Colorado for an epic RV-based cycling trip.
A journey through Medellin, Colombia continues by bike with some memorable and exceedingly difficult days in the mountains.
TBD’s own Ted Teyber recounts a day race directing and racing at the 2017 edition of the Bear Mountain Classic
The Mount Washington Hill Climb is one of the most difficult events on the East Coast. Ben, Dana and Matt tackled it this year.